Dry conditions spark fire warnings in Alberta

Fire officialsarewarning Albertans to be very careful outside as dry conditions havekept crews busy battlingwildfires right across the province for the past few days.

"There's so many reasons why fires start right now," said Geoffrey Driscoll, a wildfire information officer with the province.

"People just really need to be careful. All of these fires that are starting right now are human caused and human-caused wildfires are of course 100 per cent preventable."

Driscoll says the sudden jump in temperatures and the recent high winds mean the snow evaporated instead of melting into the ground to keep it moist.

He says all of the wildfires burning right now are contained.